Ajnad al-Kavkaz

Ajnad al-Kavkaz was a Chechen-led jihadist rebel group that was founded in  the forested areas of northern Latakia Governorate in northern Syria from 2015, during the Syrian Civil War. The group was founded by former Caucasus Emirate fighters, many of whom fled from Chechnya at the end of the Second Chechen War in 2009. The group adhered to Islamic fundamentalism, Salafist jihadism, anti-Russian sentiment, and North Caucasus separatism. In 2016, the group had over 100 fighters.